Check the Beach

Foster Beach

Shire of South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia

Today at a glance

Best: 6 pm to sunset, sunset 7:41 pm
7 am
7.6
25 km/h16 mph wind, Great
8 am
7.4
26 km/h16 mph wind, Great
9 am
7.8
24 km/h15 mph wind, Great
10 am
7.5
25 km/h16 mph wind, Great
11 am
8.1
24 km/h15 mph wind, Great
12 pm
8.0
23 km/h14 mph wind, Great
1 pm
8.6
21 km/h13 mph wind, Excellent
2 pm
7.9
21 km/h13 mph wind, Great
3 pm
7.9
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
4 pm
8.5
18 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
5 pm
8.8
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
Now
9.1
12 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
7 pm
9.2
7 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 6 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
27°C81°F
Water
18°C65°F
Wind
128 km/hmph NW
Gusts
3019 km/hmph
Waves
0.3 m<1 ft
UV
1 low
Tide
rising
Rain
1%
Sunset
7:41 pm
Today
7.6Great7 am2516
7.4Great8 am2616
7.8Great9 am2415
7.5Great10 am2516
8.1Great11 am2415
8.0Great12 pm2314
8.6Excellent1 pm2113
7.9Great2 pm2113
7.9Great3 pm2012
8.5Excellent4 pm1811
8.8Excellent5 pm1610
9.1ExcellentNow128
9.2Excellent7 pm74
Sat
4.7Fair7 am85
4.2Fair8 am96
4.1Fair9 am74
4.2Fair10 am85
4.2Fair11 am64
4.1Fair12 pm85
3.4Poor1 pm106
3.4Poor2 pm74
3.2Poor3 pm64
3.6Poor4 pm85
3.4Poor5 pm149
3.1Poor6 pm1710
3.0Poor7 pm1811
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 10 pm, 0.3 m. Low at 3 am, -0.3 m. High at 10 am, 0.5 m. Low at 4 pm, -0.3 mHigh 10 pm, 0.3 m1 ftLow 3 am, -0.3 m<1 ftHigh 10 am, 0.5 m2 ftLow 4 pm, -0.3 m<1 ftNow12 am6 am12 pm6 pm
  • High 10 pm, 0.3 m1 ft
  • Low 3 am, -0.3 m<1 ft
  • High 10 am, 0.5 m2 ft
  • Low 4 pm, -0.3 m<1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
3.1 km1.9 miPort Franklin (village)
Nearest airport
57 km35 miLatrobe Valley Airport (TGN)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

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Partner links

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat4.7 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 84%
  • Sun3.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 100%
  • Mon4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 73%
  • Tue5.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 82%
  • Wed5.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 32 km/h20 mph, rain 49%
  • Thu5.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 20%